Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
NEWS AND NOTES.

A babe born at Rockford, Ind, last
week weighed but forty four ounces, and was
only eight incht long. 1t was perfectly devel-
opea, AID is as vely as cricket.
Considerable excitement has been
caused IN Hammond Wis by the discovery of
goid on the farm of 4. c. Cumming, one mile
ives of the town. A specimen has been ex
amined by a chemist and pronounced CT ar
quill: A considerable quantity was dug out of
rock with penknIte.
The Cooperative Grain Association o /.
Sheldon. Ill have completed their organiza
II N. Sixty sha es at $50 per share were al.
taken. The purpose tbs org ,nizaIiOn is 10
Buyers AssOcis ion. which organization 20
troll the pri of gTain throughout Illinois
posed of the largest grain producers in the
vicinity, and they propose to snip III ir own
product. This is the first attempt on ih7 part
of the farmers OF Illinois to protect themselves
against buyers,
Strictly speaking, with the tip of the
tongue one rea ly can't taste at all. If yor PIT
smal drop of honey or oil Of bit eT ON 1nds
on that part Of the mouth you nil frd, 10
doubt 10 your great surprise, MAJ II produces
no effect of any sort; you taste It VIII n 1t be-
gins slOWly to difuse itself. and reaches the
rue tasting region in the middle distance. Blu,
If you put Httl- ca5 erne or mustard IN The
mediately, while T. you put 1t iower down in The
mouth you will swallow 1t almost without no
cclng the pungency of the stimulaDt.
Governor Marmaduke Of Missouri has
signed the bill passed at the recent session IF
the LEGISLATURE which repeats the law of 1871,
ina permitted Inc and beer to be soc in ST
Louis on Sunday. L ie brings st. Louis under
the seton IF what is known the Dow ing
la v, which braces ali tbs provisions of a
strict Sunday law, and not only closes al sa-
looms and beer gardens, but, If rig diy emf reed,
will stop the running OF stree railroads, the
publication of neWspa s, all manual Dor,
and al k nds of lre fiC. AS a result here Is
CONSERVATION among the saloon keeU ers, and
an uneasy teelt z on The part of all persons
and intere-t Is affected. The saloon men Will
be some kind of public demonstration
against 1t.
Samuel Topper, an old citizen of Cam
den ala CO / mitted suicide at that place Sat-
urd ~ afternoon. His history Was eventful.
Aft about twenty Y arc of life in g md n
under very disCoura. ing circumstances, his
highest rings for himself and iarge family
beinl $50 per month, he was shown an adVer
sement in4uirng ME where bouts. He was
recovered to be q cOu In of Turn r. the famous
English landsCap painter, and heir, thrC ugh
he death OF his brother, TO | rye paTt of the
Turner estate He went to Eng and, whore
partl ion sale of the estate took place, and lep-
per's portion was nearly 10000 and several
thousand dol ars' worth of steel plates of en-
cravings If turner's paintirg. These plates
now il Camden; also, several paintings by
Turner In the transfer OF the pro re, t. in
partition certain piece of land ca ried title,
and dur ng the legal proceeding Topper was
adure sed as My Lord. For a brief halt hour
he ii led aris oCrat of ENGLAND. Topper
turned TO his home, and has lived Ve.y
famil, but was ever generous In lendiNg and
giving TO those VINO had nef tended HIM in
days of poverty. He leaves nearly the whole of
his inheritance to his four children.